What annoys me.

facattac · 25th October 2007, 11:01 AM

Okay, a little late to complain I guess, but I've been sitting on this issue for quite sometime... When I first opened that box for Ninth Anniversary, I felt a little resentment. Why you may ask? Because of that damned blue DAoC disc. Why? If we look back to the reason for the cancellation of Ultima Online 2 and Ultima X: Odyssey, it was the fact EA didn't want UO to compete with another internally owned MMORPRG. It was okay for Sony to come out with an EverQuest II, but not okay for EA to make a "sequel" to UO.

SO a few years later, EA decides in its wisdom to buy off Mythic entertainment. Why? Laziness perhaps. Rather than investing in making their own game, they decided to get a smaller company who already had a game in the market and was working on a new one.

And if we look further back to the Lord Blackthorne's Revenge debacle, Todd McFarlane had apparently been signed on to help work on UO2. But they had to scrap those plans and work on integrating their efforts into an upgrade of the old client. At the time, I was happy to be able to get to Illshenar even though I hardly ever went there. it used to be that only Third Dawn enabled accounts could enter that third facet. On a good note, LBR actually had a PLOT to it. A protagonist and an atagonist.

Age of Shadows brought on, what to this self-proclaimed "Trammel born fool" seemed to be the true beginning of
the end. Insurance. The end of red stat loss. "Arties." Power Scrolls. BODs. Crap. An atrocity. Crap. Even more crap.

**kingtony** · 25th October 2007, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by facattac

Okay, a little late to complain I guess, but I've been sitting on this issue for quite sometime... When I first opened that box for Ninth Anniversary, I felt a little resentment. Why you may ask? Because of that damned blue DAoC disc. Why? If we look back to the reason for the cancellation of Ultima Online 2 and Ultima X: Odyssey, it was the fact EA didn't want UO to compete with another internally owned MMORPRG. It was okay for Sony to come out with an EverQuest II, but not okay for EA to make a "sequel" to UO.

SO a few years later, EA decides in its wisdom to buy off Mythic entertainment. Why? Laziness perhaps. Rather than investing in making their own game, they decided to get a smaller company who already had a game in the market and was working on a new one.

And if we look further back to the Lord Blackthorne's Revenge debacle, Todd McFarlane had apparently been signed on to help work on UO2. But they had to scrap those plans and work on integrating their efforts into an upgrade of the old client. At the time, I was happy to be able to get to Illshenar even though I hardly ever went there. it used to be that only Third Dawn enabled accounts could enter that third facet. On a good note, LBR actually had a PLOT to it. A protagonist and an atagonist.

Age of Shadows brought on, what to this self-proclaimed "Trammel born fool" seemed to be the true beginning of
the end. Insurance. The end of red stat loss. "Arties." Power Scrolls. BODs. Crap. An atrocity. Crap. Even more crap.

you were definitly hodling alot back

**Solidchrome** · 25th October 2007, 12:51 PM

Good to get off your chest though

Wrath of God · 25th October 2007, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by facattac

Age of Shadows brought on, what to this self-proclaimed "Trammel born fool" seemed to be the true beginning of
the end. Insurance. The end of red stat loss. "Arties." Power Scrolls. BODs. Crap. An atrocity. Crap. Even more crap.

Hey I dont think BODs were a bad idea ;P gave us crafters something to do =P

**kingtony** · 25th October 2007, 01:04 PM

i love my crafter when i am bored and i enchance weapons n stuff i find in game

cadethepagan · 25th October 2007, 01:51 PM

BoD's came out with LBR...At least thats what I remember. I could be wrong.

Skrekkugle · 25th October 2007, 03:08 PM

I remember when crafters hanged out at the smith offering services. Good times good times..

25th October 2007, 11:01 AM	#1
facattac Lil' Scamp Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 221 Gold: 288 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	What annoys me. Okay, a little late to complain I guess, but I've been sitting on this issue for quite sometime... When I first opened that box for Ninth Anniversary, I felt a little resentment. Why you may ask? Because of that damned blue DAoC disc. Why? If we look back to the reason for the cancellation of Ultima Online 2 and Ultima X: Odyssey, it was the fact EA didn't want UO to compete with another internally owned MMORPRG. It was okay for Sony to come out with an EverQuest II, but not okay for EA to make a "sequel" to UO. SO a few years later, EA decides in its wisdom to buy off Mythic entertainment. Why? Laziness perhaps. Rather than investing in making their own game, they decided to get a smaller company who already had a game in the market and was working on a new one. And if we look further back to the Lord Blackthorne's Revenge debacle, Todd McFarlane had apparently been signed on to help work on UO2. But they had to scrap those plans and work on integrating their efforts into an upgrade of the old client. At the time, I was happy to be able to get to Illshenar even though I hardly ever went there. it used to be that only Third Dawn enabled accounts could enter that third facet. On a good note, LBR actually had a PLOT to it. A protagonist and an atagonist. Age of Shadows brought on, what to this self-proclaimed "Trammel born fool" seemed to be the true beginning of the end. Insurance. The end of red stat loss. "Arties." Power Scrolls. BODs. Crap. An atrocity. Crap. Even more crap.

25th October 2007, 12:51 PM	#3
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25th October 2007, 01:04 PM	#5
kingtony How do you tell when you run out of invisible ink? Join Date: Jan 2007 Shard: alantic Posts: 2,662 Gold: 162 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: What annoys me. i love my crafter when i am bored and i enchance weapons n stuff i find in game For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.

25th October 2007, 01:51 PM	#6
cadethepagan Join Date: Jul 2007 Shard: Great Lakes Posts: 432 Gold: 94 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: What annoys me. BoD's came out with LBR...At least thats what I remember. I could be wrong. Power is not given, it is taken! Last edited by cadethepagan; 25th October 2007 at 01:52 PM.

25th October 2007, 03:08 PM	#7
Skrekkugle Rebellion Join Date: Feb 2007 Shard: Europe Posts: 183 Gold: 72 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: What annoys me. I remember when crafters hanged out at the smith offering services. Good times good times.. Lazytown - The Dark Codex - Moonlight Part of UO since 1999, always willing to help!